Titcombe College Egbe

Titcombe College is a secondary school in Egbe, Kogi State, Nigeria.^[1] Founded by missionaries of the Sudan Interior Mission in 1951, the school has produced notable Nigerians including the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Samuel Afolayan ^[2] and the late Professor Pius Adesamni.^[3] Alumni^[4] association of the college has commissioned several projects on the campus.^[5]

History

Titcombe College was founded in March 1951^[6] by missionaries of the Sudan Interior Mission.^[7]

Alumni

The college has produced students who are among notable Nigerians today. Few of them include the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Samuel Afolayan (retd.),^[2] Professor of Management Science at the University of Ibadan Solomon Adebola,^[8] the Chairman of the Central Planning Committee (CPC) Tunji Arosanyin^[7] and the late social commentator and university lecturer Pius Adesamni, a Professor of Literature and African studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and the director of the University's Institute of African Studies.^[9] Adesamni died along with 156 others, on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed March 2019.^[10] With a robust alumni, several sets of Titcombe College have been giving back to the college.^[4]